Robert Garrison

Robert Garrison

Bob Garrison came in from the cold. A founding editor of BNP Media's Refrigerated & Frozen Foods (R&FF) Bob has profiled industry-leading companies, explored corporate strategies and covered food product development trends at more than 150 leading private and CPG companies since 1989. He has chronicled the histories of leading brands and businesses, including Gorton's, ConAgra Frozen Foods (Banquet) and Swanson's frozen TV dinners. He also has interviewed or profiled such food industry leaders as Mike Harper (ConAgra), Don Tyson and frozen bagel icon Murray Lender.
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2015 SPIRIT OF INNOVATION AWARDS | RETAIL & FOODSERVICE WINNERS

Spirit of Innovation Awards 2015

The 12th annual SOI awards celebrated food form, flavor and function
Bob Garrison, Chief Editor
Robert Garrison
October 12, 2015

For the 12th annual Spirit of Innovation contest, Prepared Foods considered new food and beverage products introduced during 2014 through May 2015.


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Rich Products Customer Innovation Center

Prepared Foods takes an exclusive look inside Rich Products’ new 84,000 square-foot facility
Bob Garrison, Chief Editor
Robert Garrison
July 13, 2015

Rich Products was established by product innovation. Today we find this private, 70-year-old company is equally committed to new product and process innovation.


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Best New Bites, Prepared Foods’ New (Web) Look

Information Resources unveils its annual look at supermarket “Pacesetters”
Bob Garrison, Chief Editor
Robert Garrison
June 26, 2015
“The envelope please. And the winner is…”

This is one of my favorite times of the year—when we learn about some of the top new products at retail and foodservice. Each spring, Information Resources unveils its annual look at supermarket “Pacesetters” ranked by first year sales. Shortly afterward, foodservice industry judges help the National Restaurant Association recognize Food and Beverage Innovation award honorees. Respectively, you can find these stories on pages 23 and 25.
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Rising Tide: Consumer Attitudes Shift

The 2015 retail food and beverage trends report
Bob Garrison, Chief Editor
Robert Garrison
March 6, 2015
Welcome to Prepared Foods’ annual retail food and beverage trends report. It’s an all-inclusive look at category dynamics and product development trends across as many as 12 product categories.
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Product R&D and Packaging: Time to Talk

Connecting the dots of marketing and distribution with relevant new products and packaging
Bob Garrison, Chief Editor
Robert Garrison
November 21, 2014
Remember when life was simple—when the most challenging puzzle involved paper, a colored pencil and picture requiring you to simply connect the dots.
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Flavor Adventure Inside

More supermarket shoppers are finding flavor and appetite adventure in bottles of new dressings, sauces and spreads.
Bob Garrison, Chief Editor
Robert Garrison
March 14, 2014
Consumers know such familiar phrases as “time in a bottle” and a “message in a bottle.”
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Frozen Food Nutrition

The American Frozen Food Institute’s Frozen Food Roundtable initiative challenges “fresh” perceptions, promotes frozen food nutrition research.
Bob Garrison, Chief Editor
Robert Garrison
February 17, 2014
Maybe it’s because -- for 22 years -- I wrote exclusively about refrigerated and frozen foods.
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Frozen Food Nutrition

The American Frozen Food Institute’s Frozen Food Roundtable initiative challenges “fresh” perceptions, promotes frozen food nutrition research.
Bob Garrison, Chief Editor
Robert Garrison
February 17, 2014
Maybe it’s because -- for 22 years -- I wrote exclusively about refrigerated and frozen foods.
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